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[Gene polymorphism of xenobiotics in workers of petroleum and chemical industry].
Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia - 1 Jan 2004
Makarova O V, Karimova L K, Gimranova G G, Churmantaeva S Kh, Viktorova T V
Abstract excerpt
Increasing use of aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives, known mutagens and carcinogens, in petrochemistry leads to higher number of workers having occupational contact with those chemicals. Most alien chemicals (xenobiotics) incorporated into human body do not demonstrate direct biological effects but undergo various biologic transformations. Humans proved to have genetic control over metabolism of...
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